גרויס

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German grōz, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Compare German groß, Dutch groot, English great.

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Poylish) IPA^(key): /ɡrɔɪ̯s/
(Litvish) IPA^(key): [ɡreɪ̯s]
(Netherlandic) IPA^(key): [ɡrɔus]

Adjective

גרויס • (groys) (comparative גרעסער‎ (greser), superlative גרעסט‎ (grest))

big, large
‏דער הונט איז ניט גרויס.‎‎
der hunt iz nit groys.
The dog is not big.

‏דער גרויסער הונט איז מײַנער.‎‎
der groyser hunt iz mayner.
The big dog is mine.

‏מײַן גרויסער הונט איז זייער לעפּיש.‎‎
mayn groyser hunt iz zeyer lepish.
My big dog is very clumsy.

Declension

Declension of גרויס


predicative					גרויס groys
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
case	masculine	indefinite	definite	post./nom.	feminine	plural
nominative	גרויסער‎ groyser	גרויס groys	גרויסע‎ groyse	גרויס groys	גרויסע‎ groyse	גרויסע‎ groyse
accusative	גרויסן‎ groysn		גרויסע‎ groyse	גרויס groys	גרויסע‎ groyse
dative	גרויסן‎ groysn		גרויסן‎ groysn		גרויסער‎ groyser

Derived terms

גרויסהערצאָגשאַפֿט‎ (groyshertsogshaft, “grand duchy”)
גרויסקייט‎ (groyskeyt, “size, greatness”)
משה גרויסע‎ (moyshe groyse, “a stuffed shirt; person who is full of himself”)

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